Cigarette wrapper and package



Sept. 29, 1931. x Ds 1,824,879

CIGARETTE WRAPPER AND PACKAGE Filed Jan. 9. 1929 Q I INVENTOR fiancas Patented Sept 29, 1931 UNITED STATES FRANCIS K. FIELDS, OF QUEENS VILLAGE, NEW YORK CIGARETTE WRAPPER AND PACKAGE Application filed. January 9, 1929. Serial No. 331,371.

This invention relates to wrapped packages used as containers for cigarettes and other articles of merchandise and especially to packages of this class employing two or more sheets arranged one upon the other to form a container; and the object of the invention is to provide a package or container of the class specified, wherein predetermined portions of the side walls of the separate wrappers may be ruptured or severed preferably adjacent one end of the package to facilitate the folding back of the package wrappers where severed to form a flexible closure which when moved into open position will permit the removal of one or more cigarettes or other articles contained in the package and which can be replaced to a closed position to retain the cigarettes or other articles against accidental displace- 2 ment; a further object being to provide a package of the class specified with means for forming a flexible closure member prefer-' ably arranged adjacent one end and one narrow side of the package and in such'manner as to maintain the package in its original form and also serving to protect and shield the cigarettes or other articles contained in the package during the continued use thereof; a further object being to provide the several wrappers of the container with 00- operating perforated wall portions facilitating the rupturing thereof to form the closure cap or hood, and still further to the provisionof means associated with the wrappers to facilitate the rupturing thereof along the perforated lines; and with these and other objects in view, the invention consists in a container of the class and for the purpose sgecified, whichis simple in construction, e cient in use and which is constructed as hereinafter described and claimed. The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawin form a part, in which the separate parts 0 my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of' the views, and in which Fig. 1 is an inside view of one of the sheets which I employ in producing one form of 9 container shown.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the wrapper shown in Flg. '1.

Fig, 3 is a plan view of a label sheet which I employ.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of an outer wrapper sheet employed. i Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one end portion of a container showing the first or inner wrapper only, and illustrating the arrangement of the perforations and the severing strand.

'Fig. 6 is a View similar to Fig. 5 showing the label sheet applied as well as the Govern-- ment seal.

' Fig. 7 is a view similar to Figs. 5 and 6 showing the complete package, including the outer wrapper of glassine paper.

Fig. 8 is a transverse, sectional View of the upper end of the complete package as seen in Fig. 7 taken above the line of the perforated portions of the separate wrappers.

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 7 showing the result of rupturing the package and illustrating the lid or closure formed by such rugturing in an open or extended position; an v Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. '9 showing a modified form of construction.

In the construct-ion shown in Figs. 1 to 9 inclusive, I employ in the production of the complete wrapper or package, an inner sheet 11, a label sheet 12 and an outer sheet 13. The sheet 11 is composed of an inner facing 11a of paper, and an outer facing 11b of tin foil, silver leaf or similar flexible metallic material which usually constitutes a unit part of the inner sheet 11a but may be employed separately if desired.

When the sheet 11 is foldedto form the inner wrapper, the central portion 14 forms one wide side of the wrapper, the parts 15 and 15a collectively the other wide side, whereas the parts 16 and 16a form the narrow sides, and the arts 17 and 17a the upper and lower ends. 11 practice, the inner sheet 1.1a or both inner and outer sheets if desired, is perforated along the line 18 which extends from the free edge of the part 15 across the part 16 and onto the part 14 to a predetermined degree. At the inner end of the perforated line, a flexible strand 19 is attached $2 the inner sheet 11a as clearly noted in The label sheet 12 is divided into a central part 12a. forming one wide side of the pouch or wrapper formed therefrom, the parts 121) and 120 collectively, the other wide side, and the parts 12d and 12e the two narrow sides. The part 12f forms the closed end.

The label sheet 12 is perforated adjacent the open end thereof by perforated lines 20 which pass through the part 120 and onto the parts 12a and 120 terminating on the part 120 in an aperture 20a opening outwardly through the upper edge of the sheet, which aperture is adapted to receive and permit the passage of the strand 19 outwardly through the label sheet as clearly seen in Fig. 6 of the drawings. When the package is completely formed, it will be noted that when the aperture 20a is arranged adjacent one side edge of the government seal stamp 21, it is pasted directly upon the label sheet 12 and upon oneend of the package formed from sheet 11 in the manner clearly illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawings.

The sheet 13 is preferably composed of glassine or other transparent paper and is divided into two wide side .portions 13a, both of similar construction, and narrow side portions 136 and 130 which overlap at the side edges of the package as seen at 13d, note Fig. 7, and a central narrow portion 136 which forms the bottom of the wrapper and the portions 13f which collectively form the top of the wrapper.

The sheet 13 is perforated along two cooperating lines 22, both of which extend from the outer edge of the part 135 inwardly onto the parts 13a and to the upper edges of said parts so that in the resulting package, the outer wrapper made from the glassine sheet 13 may be severed along the side walls formed by the parts 13a and 13b to form a free rectangular cap or hood portion 23 thereof as seen in Fig. 9 of the drawings.

In this figure, it will also be apparent that the severing of the inner sheet 11 will also form of the parts 14, 15 and 16 thereof, a cap or hood portion 24 arranged within the cap 23, it being understood that the free and severed edge 25 (note Fig. 6) of the label sheet 12 will also be removed and may remain within the peripheral walls of the caps 23 and 24 or be removed therefrom.

In assembling the several wrapper sheets in forming the package or container for the cigarettes, the strand 19 extends around the inner surface of the sheet 110 and passes around the free edge portion of the part 15 as seen at 19a, note Fig. 8, wherein the strand is shown in dotted lines, said strand then passing between the overlapped portions of the parts 15 and 15a and. out through the aperture 200 in the label sheet 12 and is arranged between the label sheet and the outer glassine sheet 13 as seen at 19b, said strand passing around the free edge of one part 136 of the sheet 13 and between the overlapped portions of both of said parts and is extended outwardly through the wrapper as seen at 190 to form a finger piece end which may be grasped by hand to facilitate the rupturing of the perforated portions of the wrappers to form the cap or hood portions 2324 shown in Fig. 9 of the drawings.

In the above operation of rupturing the perforated portions of the separate sheets, the strand 19 is pulled first in the direction of the aperture 20a and then in the reverse direction, which operation continues until the strand reaches its attached end on the part 14 of the inner wrapper sheet 11, having thus completed the rupturing of the entire perforated portions of the separate sheets 11, 12 and 13 which forms an open corner portion to the entire package, the wall of the opening terminating below the upper end of the package as seen at 26, note Fig. 9 of the drawings, the removed side walls constituting depending flanges on the cap or closure parts 2324, and due to the natural flexibility and more or less rigidity of the inner wrapper or sheet, the cap or hood may be supported in an open position to facilitate the grasping and removal of one or more cigarettes 27, after which said hood or closure may be moved into its closed position to retain the remainder of the cigarettes against displacement through said open end. The attached side 28 of the closure for-ms a flexible hinge structure, permitting the above operation, and the package is maintained in its initial form by the revenue stamp and seal 21.

Instead of removing a portion of one end of a package and including two corners thereof as seen in Fig. 9 of the drawings, I may simply remove or sever one corner portion to form a substantially triangular closure or hood. 29 as seen in Fig. 10 of the drawings, said hood being formed from both the inner and outer wrapper sheets in exactly the same manner as in the structure shown in Figs. 1 to 9 inclusive, the only difference being that the rupturable perforated lines extend only to the junction or intersection of the narrow and wide side walls of the respective sheets instead of onto both of the side walls as in the first figures. The structure shown in Fig. 10 would be found practical when it is desirable to remove the cigarettes one at a time, rather than to facilitate the removal of two or more cigarettes as in the structure shown in Fig. 9.

It will also be apparent that my invention 1s not necessarily limited to the depth of the perforation and rupturing of the wide side walls of the complete package, and this may be shortened or extended if desired. It will also be apparent that in that several types and forms of the several wrapper sheets are employed in packages of the class under consideration, that my illustration of the adaptation of my invention in connection with one form of such wrapper sheets, does not in any sense, limit me to the specific sheets herein disclosed, nor am I necessarily limited'to the use of the rupturing element or strand as the several Wrapper sheets may be ruptured by hand or by a suitable instrument or in fact, the nail of a finger, and various other changesin and modifications of the construction herein set out may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A package composed of a plurality of independent wrappers arranged one upon the other to form inner, outer and intermediate wrappers, and means attached at a predetermined point to the inner wrapper and extending around a portion of the intermediate wrapper and exposed outwardly through the outer wrapper whereby said wrappers may be severed along predetermined lines to form of predetermined sections of said wrappers a closure member movable into open and closed positions.

2. A package composed of a plurality of independent wrappers arranged one upon the other to form inner, outer and intermediate Wrappers, and means attached at a predetermined point to the inner wrapper and extending around a portion of the intermediate wrapper and exposed outwardly through the outer wrapper whereby said wrappers may be severed along predetermined lines to form of redetermined sections of said wrappers a closure member movable into open and closed positions, and the respective wrappers being perforated along the line to be severed by said means.

3. A package composed of a lurality of independent wrappers arrange one upon the other and forming in the resulting package, inner, outer and intermediate wrappers, each of said wrappers having perforated lines arranged in common alinement and one directly upon the other in the resulting package formed by said wrappers whereby the rupturing of the wrappers along said perforated lines will form of a predetermined portion of each of said wrappers a closure member, flexibly attached to the package and movable into open and closed positions, and means attached to the inner wrapper and three independent sheets, one of said sheets including a metallic facing and forming the inner wrapper, the next adjacent sheet forming the label wrapper and the outer sheet being composed of transparent paper and enclosing the first named sheets, one narrow side wall and a portion of the wide side walls of all of said wrappers being perforated adjacent one corner and end of the package whereby all of said wrappers may be severed along said line of perforations to form a closure member movably attached to the remainder of the package on said end wall of at least two of the wrappers, and, a cord attached to the inner wrapper and'foldable therewith and with said other wrappers in alinement with said perforations and extending outwardly through the outer wrapper to facilitate the rupturing of the wrappers along the line of perforations therein.

5. The combination with a wrapped cigarette package, of an outer casing or wrapper composed of transparent material, said outer casing or wrapper having adjacent one corner portion thereof a line of perforations, and said outer casing or wrapper being rupturable along said line of perforations to remove a predetermined portion of said casing or wrapper forming an opening to give access to said package contained within the casing or Wrapper.-

6. The combination with a wrapped cigarette package, of an outer casing or wrapper composed of transparent material, said outer casing or wrapper having a'dj acent one corner portion thereof a line of perforations, said outer casing or wrapper being rupturable along said line of perforations to remove a predetermined portion of said casing or wrapper forming an opening to give' access to sald package contained within the casing or wrapper, and said package being perforated adjacent the opening in said outer casing or wrapper to permit removal of a portion of said package and the cigarettes therein.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name this 3rd day of January, 1929.

FRANCIS X. FIELDS.

arranged within the folds of the other wrappers and exposed through the outer wrapper for rupturing said wrappers along the lineof said perforations.

4. A cigarette package fashioned from 

